The family Comes to Puebla!

So sorry that I haven't posted anything in a month! I was finishing up with my finals and then I was traveling throughout mexico for 2 weeks with family and friends. It was an amazing trip and I not only got to show my family around my new home, but also visit new parts of mexico that are very different from Puebla! Anyways, I have a lot of catching up to do and I am sorry that I won't be able to tell you/ show you everything here on the blog but I promise when I get back I will fill in with the details!
So the first 5 days of my vacation, my parents and brother arrived in Puebla to visit the place that they had been hearing about for the last 4 months. Although we did lots of touristy things, they lucked out having me as a guide/ translator and I introduced them to my host family and my boyfriend's family so they got to know some people here! My brother right away loved the food (it was a bit tough with my parents because they don't eat a lot of meat/ spicy food) but they found yummy things to eat too. We stayed in a old colonial hotel in the center of the city (which i'm afraid doesn't sleep) but they were good sports about the bar that played music all night long! We went shopping in the saturday market, where my mom bought a puppet, visited the artists studios, the restaurant of the China Poblana (see photo), the cathedral, the widest pyramid in the world in Cholula, an amazing church that was designed and built by indigenous people and a talavera pottery factory among other things. However, for me one of the highlights of the trip was seeing my two families meet- my real family and my mexican family! We had a lovely afternoon, eating (my host mother is an amazing cook), exchanging gifts (my dad painted them a painting which is now on their wall), playing with Valentina and playing music. Although my family only stayed for a little while, I think they got to see a pretty good window into my life here in Puebla and got to practice their spanish a bit (although I did a lot of translating, which was fun and tiring!) They saw how I have not only fell in love with the place, but the people here and how open and welcoming they are. I am grateful to have such a wonderful family and I'm so happy they came to visit!